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11.0. POPE.'

CURTAIN LOOP.

Patented JulyBl, 1883.

(No Model.)

Ndl 282,365.

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To all whom it may concern:

,-UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

CURTAIN-LOOP.,

. SPE'JIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 282,365, dated July 31, 1883,

Application lined May 8,1883. (No model.)

Be it knownjthat I, RiCHnRJ)` C. POPE, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Im-4 provement in Curtain-Loops, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My improvement consists of a metal loop of thin metal, through which the curtain-slat is passed, and which `projects through an aperture in the curtain for theV attachment of the tassel or other device by which the curtain is drawn down or otherwise manipulated.

Figure l is a front View of a curtain with my loopapplied thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged front view, showing the loop applied to a cur-` tain-slat. Fig. 3 is a transverse section at 3 3, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a view similar toFig. 2, except that the loop is somewhat modified in construction. Fig. 5 is a transverse section at 5 5, Fig. 4.

A is "a roller-curtain having -the ordinary Vfold at the lower edge to receive the slat B.

C is a ring representing any device by which the curtain is manipulated7 and which hangs onthe loop-piece D, which is made with a loop, d, extending downward through an aperture, a, in the curtain, and two lips, d di, that embrace the slat B. The lips are shown somewhat modified in form in Figs. 4 andl 5. In Figs. 2 and 3 the lip d is shown extending up oneside of the slat and bent over the top and extending a distance down the other side, while the other lip, d2, is shown extending up one side beneath the overhanging edge ,of the other lip and held by tacks e, passing through both lips and into the slat. In Figs. 4 and 5 the lips are both like that marked d in Figs. 2 andB, both lips being bent over at top, the lip d1 being first bent over at theupper part, and the` lipd being bent over that.

In this last form of loop or clip no tack or rivet is required to secure it to the slat, as the overturned lips `will have suiiicient rigidity to resist all strain put upon theiring C, and the loop can be compressed upon the slat with force enough to prevent the slat slipping in the loop. l i

As `far as my knowledge extends, there are only two ways which have been adopted to attach the ring C, or its equivalent, to the slat. Themost common of these is the Screw-eye, which is simply screwed through the curtain into the slat. rIhe disadvantages of this construction are that the screw is apt to pull out of the slat and always weakens the slat at just the point where it needs the greatest strength. The ring has been supported on a loop riveted to the outside of the blind where the slat passes through. Such a loop is liable to be loosened by the edge striking the window-bars or other object. My loop isalmost completely hiddenby the curtain, having no corners or edges that can -engage against an object, and its construction is such Vas to strengthen the slat where subjected. to the greatest strain. The loop-piece D would usually be securedto the slat before the insertion of the slat in the curtain, the ring being inserted in the loop d subsequently.

I claim as my invention-'- l. A curtain-fixture consisting of overlapping lips to embrace a slat, and a loop, d, at the base of the lips, as set forth.

2. A curtain-fixture having overlapping lips d (il, in combination with a slat, B, :and securing-tacks passing through both lips, as set forth. A

3. A curtain-fixture consisting of a slat, B, overlapping lips forming loop d, and curtain A, having aperture c, through which the loop projects, as set forth.

RICHARD C. POPE. 

